基本説明
This book reports the findings of a corpus-based study of the modals and a set of semantically-related 'quasi-modals' in English. The selection of the parallel corpora used, representing British, American and Australian English, was designed to facilitate the exploration of both regional and stylistic variation.
Full Description
Modals and Quasi-modals in English reports the findings of a corpus-based study of the modals and a set of semantically-related 'quasi-modals' in English. The study is the largest and most comprehensive to date in this area, and is informed by recent developments in the study of modality, including grammaticalization and recent diachronic change. The selection of the parallel corpora used, representing British, American and Australian English, was designed to facilitate the exploration of both regional and stylistic variation.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Theoretical preliminaries
Necessity and obligation
Possibility, permission and ability
Prediction and volition
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index
